Gov. Ademola Adeleke Can’t Force The People Of Osun To Vote For Tinubu – NDC

The Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, has hailed Governor Ademola Adeleke for his re-election in last Saturday’s Osun State gubernatorial election. The National Publicity Secretary of NDC, Osa Director, recently had his say while speaking to the press, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, Adeleke’s victory has shown that the people can resist tyranny, civilian dictatorship and attempts to suppress their will through the electoral process.

He, however, blasted the governor for endorsing Tinubu ahead of the 2027 presidential election, stressing that his statement was premature and reflective of the interests of the political elite.

His words, “The victory of the Accord Party in the Osun State governorship election is a victory for democracy. It is a triumph of the people’s will over any authoritarian leadership.

It is a befitting crowning of the dogged efforts of the great people of Osun who resisted tyranny, who resisted civilian dictatorship, who resisted oppression and refused to be silenced and insisted that their vote must count.

I commend Governor Adeleke for standing firm to insist that he has the right to contest and be voted for by his people if that is their choice, and indeed, that is actually their choice and became their choice.

I am surprised that Adeleke is promising to deliver Osun to President Bola Tinubu come 2027 presidential election. I think that is too hasty of him to say.

He shows our elitist disposition. Political elites and ruling class are usually concerned about themselves.

If you think of those who died in the process to ensure that he gets the victory he desired, is he saying that they should die in vain?

Also, in any case, he cannot determine what the people will do. Just like Bola Tinubu, with all the federal might, could not determine what the Osun people were going to do.

So let him just savour his victory and allow the people in Osun State to decide who they are going to vote for in the presidential election in 2027.

I hope this is not going to be a flash in the pan on the part of INEC to make us lose our guards and think that come 2027 it will be this transparent.

We are going to hold them to account to live up to this standard.

Kudos to Nigerians that we are at least moving towards the attainment of where elections are not a do-or-die affair and where the votes of the people count.”